Saturday, July 28, 2018

I Was Curious What Role B12 Plays in Moving Dietary Iron Into Hemeglobin

Then I saw that the name is cobalamin.  Sure enough there is a cobalt atom inside a pyrrole ring.  (If you do not immediately recognize a pyrrole ring, it is what holds the iron atom in hemeglobin, and the magnesium atom in chlorophyll,   Finding a cobalt atom inside surprises me not all.
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  1. jdegeJuly 28, 2018 at 8:11 PM

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  2. JohnGJuly 29, 2018 at 2:35 PM

    Recently discovered this site from the Harvard Medical School offering a wide range of information about various illnesses and maladies. Seems worthwhile as a general guide.

    https://www.health.harvard.edu/

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